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Slender Flickered Hope Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词   [Written 笔语 英

英语单词 slender
英美音标 英 ['slendə(r)] 美 ['slendər]
中文释义 adj.细长的;苗条的;微薄的;少量的
英语例句 (1) It was a long, slender stick of vivid yellow.
(2) She was slender and had long dark hair.
(3) The daughter was to have but a slender provision.
(4) A slender smile still flickered across her face.
(5) A slender hope still flickered within him.
中文例句 (1) 那是一根鲜黄色的又细又长的粉笔。
(2) 她身材苗条,有一头长长的黑发。
(3) 女儿只能得到一份菲薄的嫁妆。
(4) 她脸上闪过一丝微笑。
(5) 他心中仍闪出一线希望。
vocabulary简明 Something slender is slight, or skinny. A young colt is slender compared to the full grown horse it will grow into.
vocabulary扩展 Slender can be used in both positive and negative ways. If someone tells you you have a slender figure, you'll probably be happy, unless you're going for muscle-mass. A slender portion of potatoes will not cheer a hungry growing boy. If you don't know much about something, you can say your knowledge of it is slender. And if you become an artist, get used to living on a slender budget. Now that's a nice way to put it.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]苗条的;纤细的;修长的 A slender person is attractively thin and graceful.
  [approval]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • She was slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.

    她身量苗条,手腕和脚踝曲线玲珑。

  • ...a tall, slender figure in a straw hat...

    头顶草帽、高挑苗条的人影

  • He gazed at her slender neck.

    他凝视着她优美的颈部。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]微弱的;薄弱的;不足的;不充分的 You can use slender to describe a situation which exists but only to a very small degree.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • The United States held a slender lead...

    美国以微弱优势领先。

  • He has won a vote of confidence but only by a slender majority.

    他以微弱多数赢得了信任票。

  • ...the first slender hope of peace.

    初现的一线和平希望

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